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Restaurants and cafes in Jackson County, TX
The restaurants and cafes in Jackson County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #440 of 2,405 scored counties
#20 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 49
- 15 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.4M
- On food away from home · $3,557 a household
- Spending per listing
- $438K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 81.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,393
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Jackson County spend about $21.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,557 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 restaurants and cafes, that is $438K per restaurant, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 49 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Jackson County as of September 2026. 15 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 81.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jackson County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Jackson County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Jackson County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #440 of 2,405 scored counties and #20 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Jackson County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Jackson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 81.3 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $438K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 431 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,557 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,414 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 228
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Jackson County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,393+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,028
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $65,414+4.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,585
- Median home value
- $203,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,179
- Daytime population
- 15,072Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 86 | 533 | 81.5 | $516K | +15.8% | #54 of 2,405 |
| 2Clay County, TX | 84 | 31 | 72.3 | $534K | +5.0% | #78 of 2,405 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 56 | 51.5 | $666K | +7.1% | #85 of 2,405 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 79 | 155 | 85.2 | $497K | +12.2% | #158 of 2,405 |
| 5Waller County, TX | 79 | 183 | 99.8 | $412K | +21.9% | #162 of 2,405 |
| 6Parker County, TX | 78 | 510 | 90.4 | $504K | +23.5% | #179 of 2,405 |
| 7Wise County, TX | 75 | 251 | 99.9 | $422K | +21.5% | #251 of 2,405 |
| 8Williamson County, TX | 74 | 2,516 | 99.7 | $478K | +22.3% | #273 of 2,405 |
| 9Fannin County, TX | 74 | 117 | 91.6 | $404K | +9.2% | #282 of 2,405 |
| 10Randall County, TX | 73 | 473 | 83.3 | $477K | +7.9% | #319 of 2,405 |
| 20Jackson County, TX | 69 | 49 | 81.3 | $438K | +2.6% | #440 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Jackson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops51
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Jackson County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 restaurants and cafes in Jackson County. 15 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jackson County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $21.4M a year, or $3,557 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $438K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,028 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Jackson County has 81.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $438K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Jackson County would have about 58, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 15,393 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,028 households. Median household income in Jackson County is $65,414, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 4.2%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Jackson County scores 69 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #440 of 2,405 scored counties.
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